Browsing Words from Pope Frances

We all know that it is not possible to sustain the present level of consumption in developed countries and wealthier sectors of society, where the habit of wasting and discarding has reached unprecedented levels. The exploitation of the planet has already exceeded acceptable limits and we still have ... Read More »

The Pope Francis issued the Encyclical “Laudato Si” on May 24, 2015. This encyclical centers around our common responsibility for the care of creation. Paragraphs 22-23 of the encyclical are reprinted below

The problems of pollution and waste are closely linked to a throwaway ... Read More »

The continued acceleration of changes affecting humanity and the planet is coupled today with a more intensified pace of life and work which might be called “rapidification”. Although change is part of the working of complex systems, the speed with which human activity has developed contrasts with the naturally ... Read More »

I took as my guide and inspiration when I was elected Bishop of Rome, St. Francis of Assisi. I believe that Saint Francis is the example par excellence of care for the vulnerable and of an integral ecology lived out joyfully and authentically. He is the patron saint ... Read More »

The Pope Francis issued the Encyclical “Laudato Si” on May 24, 2015. This encyclical centers around our common responsibility for the care of creation. Paragraphs 13-14 of the encyclical are reprinted below.

The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human ... Read More »

The Pope announced a Holy Year beginning on Dec. 8, 2015. Published here are sections of the Papal degree : “Misericordiae Vultus” - “The Face of Mercy” - which formally announced the theme and reason for the Holy Year. Here is the 18th installment:

The Pope announced a Holy Year beginning on Dec. 8, 2015. Published here are sections of the Papal degree : “Misericordiae Vultus” - “The Face of Mercy” - which formally announced the theme and reason for the Holy Year. Here is the 17th installment:

The Pope announced a Holy Year beginning on Dec. 8, 2015. Published here are sections of the Papal degree : “Misericordiae Vultus” - “The Face of Mercy” - which formally announced the theme and reason for the Holy Year. Here is the Final installment:

The Pope Francis issued the Encyclical “Laudato Si” on May 24, 2015. This encyclical centers around our common responsibility for the care of creation. Paragraphs 7-9 of the encyclical are reprinted below.

The Pope Francis issued the Encyclical “Laudato Si” on May 24, 2015. This encyclical centers around our common responsibility for the care of creation. Paragraphs 1-4 of the encyclical will be reprinted below.